TYPES OF COMMUNICATION AND SPEECH STYLES

TYPES OF COMMUNICATION
Intrapersonal Communication can be defined as communication with one’s self which Involves
talking to, writing to and thinking to one’s self.
Ex. Meditation, reflecting/contemplating and analyzing something, thinking of surprising someone
Interpersonal Communication can be a one-to-one communication with two or more persons.
➢ Dyadic involves two participants. A speaker and A listener who come together to exchange
thoughts, ideas, opinions, and information.
✓ More intimate
✓ Direct and vocal
✓ Gives immediate response
➢ Small Group requires from 3 to 15 people to study an issue, discuss a problem, and come
up with a solution or a plan.
✓ It can promote and enhance critical-thinking skills
✓ Assert ourselves
➢ Public Speaking involves one speaker addresses many listeners, collectively known as
audience.
✓ Graduation, or any events that require speeches
✓ Public Speaking Contests (Oration, Debate, Extemporaneous)
➢ Mass Communication is a type of public communication to an extremely large audience
mediated by audio and/or visual means.
✓ Television ✓ Billboards
✓ Radio ✓ Internet
✓ Newspapers/magazines
SPEECH STYLES
➢ According to Martin Joos (1962), there are five formality levels of communication.
➢ It depends on the relationship with the person you address with, the topic being discussed,
and the occasion when the exchange takes place.

FROZEN STYLE
➢ Highest rank of Joo’s classification. ➢ is static and ritualistic in time and
➢ is used in formal ceremonies or content.
respectful situations ➢ Frozen because it hasn’t changed
through the years.
Examples:
✓ Preamble of the Constitutions ✓ Oath of Student Council

FORMAL STYLE
➢ is used in formal settings or events. ➢ the speech is well organized and
➢ technical vocabulary and exact correct in grammar.
definitions are used.
Examples:
✓ Presidential Speech ✓ Oration Speech

CONSULTATIVE STYLE
➢ is used by people who do not share common experiences or meanings.
➢ the speaker supplies background information and the listener participates continuously.
Examples:
✓ A communication between: ✓ the client and lawyer
✓ the patient and doctor

CASUAL STYLE
➢ is done among friends and acquaintances who do not require background information.
➢ informal language, colloquialism, vulgarities, etc. are used commonly in communication.
Examples:
✓ hanging out with peers using words such as: char, charot, bongga, etc.…
✓ “Yorme of Manila, Isko Moreno.”

INTIMATE STYLE
➢ is a non-public speech style that uses private vocabulary and nonverbal messages.
➢ occurs among people who have known each other for a long time and have shared many
experiences.
Examples:
✓ A communication between:
✓ mother and daughter
✓ husband and wife